<div dir="ltr"><div>I have read both and still feel like this is a worthwhile project. 6,500 pages is a lot of work (~6000 person-hours by Mr. Hutchin's approximation, though I think this is an underestimation). However, once done.... it's done. Even if it were 10,000 hours, 100 people contributing 100 hours each spread over something like 1 year sounds... completely reasonable.</div><div><br></div><div>And I'll be the first to sign up.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 11:30 AM Ben Stuyts <<a href="mailto:ben@stuyts.nl">ben@stuyts.nl</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Indeed. For those interested in the background, first read <a href="http://electronotes.netfirms.com/ENWN57.pdf" target="_blank">http://electronotes.netfirms.com/ENWN57.pdf</a>, and if you want more, the whole discussion starting here: <a href="http://synth-diy.org/pipermail/synth-diy/2017-July/165189.html" target="_blank">http://synth-diy.org/pipermail/synth-diy/2017-July/165189.html</a><div><br></div><div>Ben</div><div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 3 Nov 2020, at 18:57, info <a href="http://synthcube.com" target="_blank">synthcube.com</a> <<a href="mailto:info@synthcube.com" target="_blank">info@synthcube.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Papyrus">Folks --having seen this kind of dialogue on Electro-Notes and more recently MuffWigglers, Mr Hutchins has made his views on this sort of thing very clear in the past --and we continue discussing the issue at our own peril!!<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Papyrus"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Papyrus">Chris<span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Papyrus"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>From:</b><span> </span>Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org</a>><span> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span> </span></b>Shawn Rakestraw<br><b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Tuesday, November 3, 2020 12:46 PM<br><b>To:</b><span> </span>Donald Tillman <<a href="mailto:don@till.com" target="_blank">don@till.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b><span> </span>Bernard Arthur Hutchins, Jr <<a href="mailto:bah13@cornell.edu" target="_blank">bah13@cornell.edu</a>>; <a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span> </span>Re: [sdiy] Marketplace Question<u></u><u></u></div></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Don, I would volunteer for this if it happened. That would be an incredible project and such a wonderful tribute to all of the ideas presented in Electronotes over the decades. I also wonder if Mr. Hutchins would give his blessing on an independent project like this that does not even involve him (obviously he should be compensated monetarily).<u></u><u></u></div></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 12:30 PM Donald Tillman <<a href="mailto:don@till.com" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">don@till.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></div></div><blockquote style="border-style:none none none solid;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On Nov 2, 2020, at 8:06 PM, Bernard Arthur Hutchins, Jr <<a href="mailto:bah13@cornell.edu" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">bah13@cornell.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br>> Your new “Marketplace” is interesting. But what is the policy with regard to publications? Books, manuals, newsletters etc. The reason I ask is because, as the publisher of Electronotes, despite our notice of no longer shipping any orders, every week we receive questions as to whether there is some other way to buy copies.<br><br><br>If only there was some economic system that incentivized the fulfillment of market demand...<br><br>---<br><br>(I've said it before, but...) Sheeshe Bernie, y'r sitting on a frickin gold mine!<span> </span><br><br>Here's what you do:<br><br> * Recruit a couple of people from this list with publishing experience to be your assistants.<br><br> * Pick a topic, say Oscillators, and compile the best of Electronotes on that topic. <span> </span><br><br> * Work with your assistants to clean it up, re-layout, redo the graphs and schematics to publication quality standards, add updates and notes. <span> </span><br><br> * Publish it as a book with one of those self-publishing companies, like Lulu. <span> </span><br><br> * A percentage of the revenue goes to your assistants. Buy a new car with the rest. <span> </span><br><br> * Then work on the next book on the next topic.<br><br> -- Don<br>--<br>Donald Tillman, Palo Alto, California<br><a href="http://www.till.com/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://www.till.com</a><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Synth-diy mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Synth-diy@synth-diy.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a><br><a href="http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</a><br>Selling or trading? 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